Philippa

“The land and everything on it can be taken away, but no one can take away your knowledge or the degrees you earn”
― Susan Abulhawa, Mornings in Jenin

“The world does not move through time as if it were a straight line, proceeding from the past to the future. Instead time moves through and within us, in endless spirals. Eternity does not mean infinite time, but simply timelessness.”
― Elif Shafak, The Forty Rules of Love

“Great persons, like great empires, leave their mark on history.”
― Janet Wallach, Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell: Adventurer, Adviser to Kings, Ally of Lawrence of Arabia

“Words have weight, something once said cannot be unsaid. Meaning is like a stone dropped into a pool; the ripples will spread and you cannot know what back they wash against.”
― Philippa Gregory, The Constant Princess